Udayagiri

Udayagiri lies in the forested Kandhamal hills of the Eastern Ghats, north of the old Ghumusar country. The highland is crossed by streams feeding the Mahanadi, Vamsadhara and Rushikulya basins. Kondh communities lived among the valleys and wooded ridges, while the Bhanja rulers of Ghumusar held authority in neighbouring lands. In the early nineteenth century Kandha and Paika fighters took part in resistance to the East India Company’s advance into the region.